Kazunori Yamauchi

Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital has gone quiet following the announcement that a new Gran Turismo game will be coming to PlayStation 4 in 2014. Studio head Kazunori Yamauchi has broken the silence and talked a little bit about the next game in series in a recent interview.

Gran Turismo documentary KAZ: Pushing The Virtual Divide has finally been made available to the public following a limited Hulu release last month. The 84 minute feature is available through YouTube, Vimeo and Reel House, including en embed through the break, for your convenience.

Gran Turismo 6 was set to come with new engine audio enhancements Polyphony Digital head Kazunori Yamauchi has stressed that the changes may not be ready in time for launch. They could come as a post-launch patch, he says.

Speaking with Famitsu , the producer of Gran Turismo 6 Kazunori Yamauchi said that since the game is already “80%” finished, it should only be another year or two’s wait until a Gran Turismo 7 lands on the PlayStation 4. Check the quote after the break.

Gran Turismo 6’s Vision project has been given a few more details. Basically, as mentioned yesterday, Vision contains different concept vehicles as part of a collaboration with manufacturers, and in some cases, the vehicles will be manufactured in the real world.

Sony has posted an interview with Gran Turismo 6 maestro Kazunori Yamauchi and SCEE CEO Jim Ryan, discussing the racer along with the series’ 15 year history and how it kept the development team in tact for the duration.

During the Gran Turismo 15th anniversary event at Silverstone Circuit today, VG247’s Sam Clay posed a few questions to SCEE president Jim Ryan, such as why the Polyphony racer is heading to PS3 when PS4 is just around the bend.

Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed Polyphony will release version 2.05 of Gran Turismo 5 this week, beginning from Japan tomorrow. The update, which will spread to Europe on Thursday following the Asian release, will stablise gameplay and fix bugs for online. Thanks, Andriasang.

Producer Kazunori Yamauchi has announced via Twitter , as translated by Andriasang, that the next title update for Gran Turismo 5 is due on February 7. No details have emerged regarding the patch, which will likely bring the racer to version 2.04. the PlayStation 3 exclusive launched in November 2010 and has continued to evolve […]

The contents of Functionality Update 2.0 to Gran Turismo 5 have been detailed by Sony and Polyphony Digital, and it looks as though the free update will include interior views in standard cars, and the ability to save progress during endurance races.